Resolution to Reduce Overall Energy Use

RESOLUTION 15-05.35

Resolution to Reduce Overall Energy Use

WHEREAS, the California Democratic Party already supports the Green Industrial Revolution and the principle of sustainability, and is committed to increasingly shifting a significant portion of California’s energy sources to renewables and hydro and hydrogen; and WHEREAS, deep energy-use reductions in existing homes and businesses will be required in order to achieve an ultimate changeover to renewables and hydro and hydrogen, even while technology has made possible new construction designed for extreme efficiency in energy use; and

WHEREAS, California has made exemplary progress in reducing its own per-capita energy consumption and now has the capacity to make truly dramatic progress in this regard;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the California Democratic Party calls upon government agencies to reduce their own overall energy use while striving to become ultimately energy positive; and that the Party call upon individuals and companies to do the same where possible.